Job 41:29

29 (41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.

Job 41:29 Meaning and Commentary

Job 41:29

Darts are counted as stubble
Darts being mentioned before, perhaps something else is meant here, and, according to Ben Gersom, the word signifies an engine out of which stones are cast to batter down walls; but these are of no avail against the leviathan;

he laugheth at the shaking of a spear;
at him, knowing it cannot hurt him; the crocodile, as Thevenot says F7, is proof against the halberd. The Septuagint version is, "the shaking of the pyrophorus", or torch bearer; one that carried a torch before the army, who, when shook, it was a token to begin the battle; which the leviathan being fearless of laughs at it; (See Gill on Obadiah 1:18).


FOOTNOTES:

F7 Travels, part 1. b. 2. c. 72. p. 245.

Job 41:29 In-Context

27 (41-18) For he shall esteem iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.
28 (41-19) The archer shall not put him to flight, the stones of the sling are to him like stubble.
29 (41-20) As stubble will he esteem the hammer, and he will laugh him to scorn who shaketh the spear.
30 (41-21) The beams of the sun shall be under him, and he shall strew gold under him like mire.
31 (41-22) He shall make the deep sea to boil like a pot, and shall make it as when ointments boil.
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